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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">octonion</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">spherical</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rho</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">theta</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi4</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">phi6</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">octonion</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">multipolar</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rho1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">theta1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rho2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">theta2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rho3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">theta3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rho4</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">theta4</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">octonion</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">cylindrical</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">r</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">angle</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h4</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">h6</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<p>
      These build octonions in a way similar to the way polar builds complex numbers,
      as there is no strict equivalent to polar coordinates for octonions.
    </p>
<p>
      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">spherical</span></code> is a simple transposition
      of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polar</span></code>, it takes as inputs
      a (positive) magnitude and a point on the hypersphere, given by three angles.
      The first of these, <span class="emphasis"><em>theta</em></span> has a natural range of -pi to
      +pi, and the other two have natural ranges of -pi/2 to +pi/2 (as is the case
      with the usual spherical coordinates in <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>R<sup>3</sup></strong></span></em></span>).
      Due to the many symmetries and periodicities, nothing untoward happens if the
      magnitude is negative or the angles are outside their natural ranges. The expected
      degeneracies (a magnitude of zero ignores the angles settings...) do happen
      however.
    </p>
<p>
      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cylindrical</span></code> is likewise a simple
      transposition of the usual cylindrical coordinates in <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>R<sup>3</sup></strong></span></em></span>,
      which in turn is another derivative of planar polar coordinates. The first
      two inputs are the polar coordinates of the first <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>C</strong></span></em></span>
      component of the octonion. The third and fourth inputs are placed into the
      third and fourth <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>R</strong></span></em></span> components
      of the octonion, respectively.
    </p>
<p>
      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">multipolar</span></code> is yet another simple
      generalization of polar coordinates. This time, both <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>C</strong></span></em></span>
      components of the octonion are given in polar coordinates.
    </p>
<p>
      In this version of our implementation of octonions, there is no analogue of
      the complex value operation arg as the situation is somewhat more complicated.
    </p>
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